2005
Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Symptoms and Quality of Life for Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Gefitinib in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Cella D, Herbst RS, Lynch TJ, Prager D, Belani CP, Schiller JH, Heyes A, Ochs JS, Wolf MK, Kay AC, Kris MG, Natale RB. Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Symptoms and Quality of Life for Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Gefitinib in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 2946-2954. PMID: 15699477, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.05.153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, OralAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodEndpoint DeterminationFemaleGefitinibHealth StatusHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeQuinazolinesSensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisConceptsLung Cancer SubscaleSymptom improvementTumor responseQuality of lifeCancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L) questionnairePivotal phase II trialMedian overall survival timeCoprimary end pointsPrior chemotherapy regimensProtocol-specified analysisSymptom improvement ratePhase II trialBetter overall survivalCell lung cancerOverall survival timeGefitinib 250Radiographic regressionChemotherapy regimensStable diseaseII trialMost patientsOverall survivalRadiographic responseSymptomatic patientsNSCLC patients
2003
Dose-comparative monotherapy trials of ZD1839 in previously treated non–small cell lung cancer patients
Herbst RS. Dose-comparative monotherapy trials of ZD1839 in previously treated non–small cell lung cancer patients. Seminars In Oncology 2003, 30: 30-38. PMID: 12644982, DOI: 10.1053/sonc.2003.50030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerSymptom improvement rateTumor response rateDay groupSolid tumorsChemotherapy regimensIDEAL-2Ideal 1Lung cancerClinical trialsStage IIIResponse rateNon-small cell lung cancer patientsEpidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsAdvanced unresectable stage IIIMedian progression-free survivalObjective tumor response rateCell lung cancer patientsImprovement rateSelective epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsPhase I clinical trialIressa Dose Evaluation